11/12/1925 - 4/2/2019
Virginia Sipe, age 93, a resident of Portland, passed away on Tuesday, April
2, 2019 at Miller’s Merry Manor in Dunkirk.
Virginia was born on
November 12, 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of McKelvey and Esta Fern
(Faehl) Atkinson. She graduated from Portland High School in 1943 and worked
for Westinghouse in Union City for several years. She and her husband farmed
in Madison Twp., Jay County. She was a member of the West Walnut Street
Church of Christ, Portland Evening Optimist Club and Rebekah Lodge #307 in
Portland.
Virginia married Paul Donnel Sipe on March 18, 1944 and he
passed away on October 11, 2001.
Survivors include:
2 sons:
Bill Sipe (wife Linda) – Portland, Indiana
Burt Sipe (wife Kathy) –
North Manchester, Indiana
1 daughter: Barbara McDonald (husband Jim)
– Hardinsburg, Indiana
7 Grandchildren and 31 Great Grandchildren
She was preceded in death by 1 grandson
Visitation will be held
on Saturday from 3:00pm-7:00pm Saturday in Williamson-Spencer and Penrod
Funeral Home in Portland. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Sunday in
the Williamson-Spencer and Penrod Funeral Home in Portland. Pastor Gil
Alicea will officiate the services and burial will follow in Salamonia
Cemetery.
Memorials may be directed to the West Walnut St. Church of
Christ
Williamson & Spencer; 4/2/2019
Contributed by Jim
Cox
Buried in Salamonia Cemetery